Singeing-machine.



PATENTBD AUG/1'1, 1908. SIBSON.

T. AHLLSOP & W. W.

SiNGEING MACHINE. APPflIUATIOfi FILED PER. 17, 1908.

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- PATENTED AUG. 1-1, 1908. T. ALLSOP & W. W. SIBSON.

SINGEING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FI LE D PEB.17, 1908.

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Ill! ullllllllll PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908. T.-ALLSOP & W. W. SIBSON.

SINGEING MACHINE,

APPLIOATIbN FILED FEB. 17, 1908.

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' Unrrn THOMAS ALLSOP AND WALTER W. SIBSON, OF PHILA DELHI-KIA, PE

TO THE PHILADELPHIA. DRYING MACHINERY COMPA VANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

"TTINANLE, ASSN NY, Oi? P'iiliinll iii TBA, Fin

SIIIGE ENG-MACHINE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Thou/is Armor and WALTER W. SIBSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Singeing-Macldnes and We do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to n'iake and use the same.

. This invention relates to improvements in singeing machines primarily. designed for use in finishing stockings, and is more specifically related to the ty e of singeing machine previously invented iiy us, and made the subject-matter of a companion application for patent.

In the application referred to is disclosed a singeing machine in which embodied means for singeing the stockings, means for removing the carbonized 'lilicr l'rom the.

singed stockings, and a carrier provided with forms for the stockings, which carrier is mounted to have a fixed path of movement in relation to the singeing and fiber-removing means. During such movement the stockings are subjected to the different steps inci dent to singeing, and alter completing the cycle of operations the forms are returned successively to the point of application of the stockings thereto, at which point the forms are charged with unsinged stock. This niachine, however, isa horizontal one, that is to say, the carrier for the stockings is arranged to operate in a horizontal plane, and the otlioiclenienls ol' the machine are corrcspoin lingl arrai'igcd in order to l'ull v cooperale with the carrier. By reason of such arrangw ment the machine in question rcqnircs considerable floorspace, comparativol v speaking, and its use in factories and mills where economy of space is desirable, is attended 'lcatu'ics ol' the previous type of machine,

will overcome the objections noted and provide a construction that can be used with great economy of floor-space, the carrier for the stockings being mounted to opera to in. a vertical plane, and one wherein the parts are Specification of Letters. Patent.

application filed February 17, 1908.

Patented Aug. 11, LQOE Serial 1J0.

thoroughly compacted t' ther, thus imparting to the ii'iacliine .t strength, and enabling the machine to operate with a minimum expenditure oi power.

Having this genorai object in View, and other minor ones that will aopear as the character of the invention better understood, tlic'invcntion coi'isists substantially in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

in the drawings, Figure i is aside elevation oi a singieing machine constructed in accordance with and embodying the principles of the present invention. Fig 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an end eleven tioii oi the machine. Fig is a transverse sectional YiCW' ol' the machine frame on the line i, Fig. i, the inn-nor tubes being shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is an cliwation' ilinstrating another form ol' carrier for the stockingsv licl'sn'i'ing' in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the l'rame of the hereindescribcd machine, said l'ramc comprising elongated side members 2 each of which is provided with a supporting leg 3, and conne ted to said side members at the end thereof opposite to the legs I}, is a siippm'ting standard -l.

Arranged upon each ol' the side members 2, at a point approxiniatcly midway, its ends, is a jinirnzildilock 5, and mounted within said blocks 3 is a lransvcrscl \'cxlending shalt (3 upon which is arrangcda head 7. 'lliis li ed, as in the conslrnclion of carrier disclosci in our l'ornicr iiiacliinc, may be sectional, and projecting radially from the head 7 is a pluraiity ol' skeleton l'orms H, which lornis may be made ol stonl wire. The hczid 7 and the forms 8 constitute the carrier l'or llic stocliiiigs, and it will l)( obscrvcd that this carrier is l'roe to retain licl-n'ccn the side members 2 ol' the l'ramc l'oi' sni-rcssivcly presenting the stockings lo llic singcing and lilicr-rcnioviiig means, and the means lor removing the singed stockings lroin llic l'orins, as will fully appear licrcinal'tQr.

'llic singcing means just rclcrred to vcomprise a pair of inclined burner liibcs S), the Hillel side ol cacli ol said i-iilics being perl'oralcd lor the (scape oi the coiiibiistililc mix ture that forms the singeing flames. These tubes 9 extend in a radial direction relatively to'the head 7, each bein supported by an elbow 10 in such incline .posltion, a pipe 11 being connected to each of said elbows, which pipe has its lower end fitted in a supporting bracket 12 arranged upon the up er side of I 9 are the means for feeding the unsinged stockings to the forms 8. These means comprise a pair of endless brush-conveyers 14,

one of said conveyers being carried by each of the side members 2 at a oint substantially above the leg 3 thereof and each of said conveyers 14 is mounted upon a pair of rollers 15 carried by shafts "16,- said shafts being journaled in suitable bearings 17 that are also carried by the inner face of the side members 2. Each of the rolls 15 is provided, adjacent its lower end, with a supporting flange 18, and thus the conveyers are prevented from working downwardly on the rollers 15.-

It will, of course, be understood that the bristles of said brush-conveyers, at the contiguous stretches of the latter, extend inwardly sufficiently to cover and act upon each of the forms 8 as the same are positioned between said brush conveyers, and inasmuch as the contiguous stretches of the brush-conveyers 14 move in the same direction, or towards-the head 7, it will be seen that .When the open mouth of a stocking is presented to the bi ht of said conveyers the stocking is carrie' by the latter along the forms, being efiectually stretched thereon during such movement, and thus being freed of Wrinkles. These conveyers 14 are substantially the same length as an ordinary stocking, so that under the action of the conveyers the full length of the stocking is applied to each of the forms 8. It will be noted that theinner shaft 16 of each'of the conveyers 14 has its lower end elongated and'seated in a suitable bearing 19 carried by each of the side members 2, which bracket is also provided with a horizontally-disposed bearing sleeve 20, and said sleeves 20 receive a pair of horizontally-disposed shafts 21 that extend longitudinally of the machine frame, each of said shafts having a miter gear 22 thereon that meshes with a'similar gear 23 carried atthe lower end of each of the inner shafts 16. It is thus evident that the shafts 21 will effectually drive the brush conveyers 14.

At a point between the head 7 and the su porting standard 4, and spaced above t s top of the machine frame, is arranged a pair allel with the tops of the side members 2, and

serve the purpose of removing the carbonized fiber from the singed stockings. 24 are mounted upon shafts 25 the inner ends of which are journaled in supporting standards 26, while their outer ends are journaled in the upper end of the supporting standard 4, and mounted upon each of the shafts 25, at the outer side of the standard 4, is a gear 27, said gears meshing with each other, and thereby serving to maintain simultaneous rotation of the brushes 24. For effecting this movement of the brushes, one of the shafts 25 has a driving pulley 28 connected thereto, said pulley deriving its power from a source to be presently described. By arran ing the brushes 24 in the manner de- The brushes scri ed, it will be seen that each of the forms ing from the action of the singeing flames.

, For the purpose of removing the singed stockings from the forms 7 a pair of vertically-arranged rotary brushes 29 is employed. One of these brushes is carried by each of the side members 2, the brushes being mounted upon vertically-extending shafts 30 that are carried b upper bearings 31 and lower bearingd 32 t lat are alined with the bearings 31, each of the bearings 32 being also provided with a horizontally-disposed sleeve 33, which sleeves receive the shafts 21. The brushes 29 are caused to rotate in unison through the medium of intermesh'ing gears 34, one of said gears being carried by each of the shafts 30, and for driving these gears it will be noted that one of the shafts 30 has its lower end elongated and provided with a horizontally disposed driving pulley 35. Each of the shafts 30 is also provided with a miter gear 36, said gears meshing with similar gears 37 that are carried by the shafts 21, and by reason of this construction the shafts 21 receive their power from the driving pulley 35, and in turn 0 erate the brush-conveyers 14.

It will be 0 served that the brushes 29 are below the-fiber-removing brushes 24, and that they rotate in a plane at right angles to the plane of rotation of the brushes 24. Therefore, as each stocking, carried by its form, leaves the brushes 24, 'it is introduced to the bight of the brushes 29, which brushes immediately seize upon the toe-portion of the stocking, and remove the same from the form upon which it was reviously supported. To permit such remova the upper portion of the supporting standard 4 is'provided with a dischar e opening 38, and under the action of the rushes 29 the singed stockings are ejected through said opening 38, at which point they may be received by a suitable receptacle, or, if desired, deposited upon any tubes the conveyer comes to rest.

suitable form of conveyor to be taken by the latter from the machine.

It is, of course, necessary, as in the former type of machine, to impart an intermittent movement to the stocking carrier. To this end the shaft 6 is provided with a mutilated gear 39, which gear is in the form of a miter gear, and coacting with said gear 39 is a second mutilated miter gear 40 that is carried by a longitudinally-extending shaft 41 journaled in suitable brackets 42. The teeth of the gear 40 cover only a segment of said gear, and the gears 39 and 40 are so proportioned that the former makes only onequarter of a revolution to each revolution of the latter.- With the gears 39 and i0 so related that one of the forms 8 is normally be tween the brush conveyors 14, it will be noted that at each revolution of the gear 40 the stocking carrier is rotated 90 degrees, and in such movement carries the unsinged stocking from the conveyors M'tlirough the burner tubes 9, at which point the singeing action takes place, and after leaving said burner This con stitutes its first dwell, and when the carrier is moved again the stocking passes between the fiber-removing brushes '24, at which point the carbonized fibers are brushed from the stocking, and at the next, dwell the stocking is positioned immediately opposite the bight of thebrushes 29. As before stated, these immediately seize upon the'toe-portion of the stocking and draw the latter from the form, discharging the singed stocking through the opening 38, and after the form has been thus relieved of the stocking the same is advanced to the brush conveyers 14, to be again charged with unsinged stock, and to repeatthe cycle of operations that has just been d escribed.

For driving the various parts of the machine a counter-shaft 42 is employed, upon which shaft the usual tight and loose pulleys are found. A pulley 43 is mounted upon the shaft 42, over which pulley passes a belt 44, and this belt also passes over a pulley 45 that is carried by the shaft 41, so that this shaft is actuated directly from the counter-shaft 42;

a pulley 46, also carried by the shaft 42, has a belt 47 :passing thereover, which belt connects said pulley with the pulley 25, and the carbonized fiber-removing brushes 24 are also likewise driven direct from the shaft 42, and in order that the. brushes 29 may be so driven, a pulley 48, carried by the shaft 42,

' is connected to the pulley 35 through the m e dium of a belt 49, said belt passing over a pair of idle-r pulleys 50 sustained by a supporting bracket 51 carried by the supporting standard 4.

Thus it will be seen that the shaft 42 serves to drive all the parts of the machine, the brush-conveyors 14, the fiberremoving brushes 24', and the stocking-removing brushes in operating contimiously,

while the stocking carrier is driven intermittently from the continuouslyi-operating shaft 41.

By reason of the fact that the carrier head 7 is necessarily limited in the number of forms 8 supported thereby, and as it may be desirable to increase the capacity of the ma chine, recourse is bad to the construction such conditions. By referring to that figure it will be observed that the forms 8 are carried by an endless conveyer 52, which con veyer may be a sprocket chain or made up of links, and the conveyer 52 is sustained by. a pair of rotating heads 53, one of which corresponds to the. head 7, and is likewise mounted upon a shaft similar to the shaft 6 to be intermittently driven by the gears 39 and 40. In driving the conveyor 52, the gears maybe so proportioned as to cause only one of the forms to pass through the respective treating devices of the machine, or to cause a series of the same to pass there through at each periodical movement of the driving mechanism. By this construction a plurality of operatives may be employed for applying the unsinged stockings to the forms, or a' series of the brush conveyers 14 may also be employed for this purpose if it is desired to accomplish the feeding of the unsinged stock automatically.

Having thus (.lescribed the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is: l

1. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed mounted to operate in a vertical plane, singeing means associated with said carrier, and means for imparting to said carrier successive dwells to progressively advance the articles to be singed in relation to the singeing means.

2. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed mounted to operate in a vertical plane, singeing means associated therewith, and means also associated with said carrier for removing the carbonized fiber from the singed articles.

. 3. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed mounted to operate in a vertical plane, singeing means associated with said carrier, means also associated with said carrier for removing the can boiiized fiber from' the singed articles, and

said carrier.

4. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed, said carrier l-icingmounted to operate in a vertical plane and having a fixed path of movement, singeing means associated with said carrier, and means for imparting to said carrier successive dwells to progressively advance the articles to be singed in relation to the singeing n'ieans.

5. in a machine of the class described, a

means for removing the singed articles from disclosed in Fig. 5 of the drawings under 7 from the singed articles.

carrier for the articles to be singed, said carrier being mounted to operate in a vertical plane and having a fixed ath of movement, singeing means associate with said carrier, and means for removing the carbpnized fiber 6. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed, said carrier being mounted to operate in a vertical plane and having a fixed ath of movement, singeing means associate with said carrier, means for removing the carbonized fiber from the singed articles, and means for removing the singed articles from said carrier.

7. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed mounted to operate in a vertical plane, means for feeding the articles to be singed to said carrier, and singeing means associated with said carrier.

8. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed mounted to operate in a vertical plane, means for feeding the articles to be singed to said carrier, singeing means associated with said carrier, and means for removing the carbonized fiber from the singed articles.

9. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed mounted to operate in a vertical plane, means for feeding the articles to be singed to said carrier,

singeing means associated with said carrier,

'means for removing the carbonized fiber from said carrier, and means for removing the singed articles from the carrier.

10. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articlesto be singed, said carrier being mounted to operate in a vertical plane and having a fixed path of movement, singeing means, and carbonized fiber-remov ing means, said singeing means and carbonized fiber-removing means being arranged about said carrier and in its path of movement.

11. In a machine of the class described, a carrier for the articles to be singed, said carrier being mounted to operate in a vertical plane and having a fixed path of movement, singeing means, and carbonized fiber-removing means, said singeing means and carbonized fiber-removing means being arranged about said carrier and in its path of movement, and means arranged in proximity to the carbonized fiber-removing means for removing the singed articles after the latter have left said carbonized fiber-removing means.

12. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a carrier journaled in said frame and operating in a vertical plane, said carrier supporting the articles to be singed, and singeing means also carried by said frame.

13. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a carrier journaled in said frame and operating in a vertical plane, said carrier singeing means to remove the carbonized fiber therefrom, and means for removing the singed articles after the latter have left the carbonized fiber-removing means.

15. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a carrier journaled in said frame and operating in a vertical plane, said carrier supporting the articles to be singed, means for feeding the articles to be singed to said carrier, and singeing means also carried by said frame.

16'. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a carrier journaled in said frame and operating-in a vertical plane, said carrier supporting the articles to be singed, burner de vices carried by said frame and between .which the articles to be singed are passed by said carrier, and means for removing the carbonized fiber from said articles.

17. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a carrier journaled in said frame and operating in a vertical plane, said carrier supporting the articles to be singed, burner devices carried by said frame and between which the articles to be singed are passed by said carrier, and brushes for removing the carbonized fiber from said articles.

18. In a machine of the class described, a I

frame, a carrier journaled in said frame and operating in a vertical plane, said carrier supporting the articles to be signed, burner devices carried by said frame and between which the articles to be singed are passed by said carrier, brushes for removilifgthe carbonized fiber from the singed articles, and

brushes for removing the singed articles from said carrier after the same have left the fiber-removing brushes.

19. In a machine ofthe class described, a

frame, a carrier journaled in said frame and operating in a vertical plane, said carrier supporting the articles to be singed, burner' devices carried by said frame and between which the articles to be singed are assed by said carrier, horiz mtally-arranged brushes journaled upon said frame for removing'the' carbonized fiber from said articles, and means for removing the singed articles from said carrier after the same have left-the fiberrcmoving lu'imhes. 20. 'ln a machine of the class described, a frame, a carrier journaled in said frame-and operating in a vertical plane, said carrier! said carrier after the same have left the 10 supportlng the articles to be singed, burner fiber-removing brushes. devices carried by said frame and between In testimony whereof we aflix our signawhich the articles to be singed are passed by tu'res, in the presence of two witnesses.

said carrier, horiz0ntally-arranged brushes T llOMAS ALLSOP. journaled upon said frame for removing the WALIER W. SIBSON. carbonized fiber from said articles, and vertically-arranged brushes also carried by the frame for removing the singed articles from Witnesses HARRY L. Fnx'rox, ELERY L. SMITH. 

